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The Mohegan Sun is having a press conference Wednesday. The expected announcement: the WNBA All-Star Game is returning to the casino this year. ... Tired of ice fishing; Opening Day of trout fishing season has been moved from the third to second Saturday in April, so this year it is April 11. ... Bubba Watson, Jason Day and Kevin Streelman have committed to play in the 2015 Travelers Championship. Watson and Day are both ranked in the top five in the Official World Golf Rankings and Streelman is the defending champion. ... Michael Sam, the first openly gay player drafted into the NFL, will be in this season's "Dancing With The Stars."… Gone after nine seasons and two...

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